[Intro figures] With thumb and first 2 fingers Fret D14 and B17 in advance and keep fretted to ring e ------------ B ---------17-17-- G ---14h16------16p14--- D 14------------------14 A ------------ E ------------
[Pickup to start - BPM 96] e ------------------- B ------------------- G ------------------ D ----------------- A -2p0--------------- E ----3p0------------
[Drum fill to stop - play all Ds with snare] [E].[E][E][E][E]. [E](stop)
[Verse 1 - emphasise playing E on the snare and swing Dsus4 - x 2 3 &4] You could have a [E] steam train, [Dsus2] [E][Dsus2] If you'd [E] just lay [Dsus2] down your [E] tracks, [Dsus2] You could have an [E] aero - [Dsus2] plane [E] flying, [Dsus2] If you [E] bring your [Dsus2] blue sky [E] back, [Dsus2] All you do is [C#m] call me, I'll be anything you [E] need [Dsus2]
[E][Dsus2] [Drum fill to stop - play all Ds with snare] [E].[E][E][E][E]. [E](stop)
[Verse 2] [N.C.] You could have a [E] big dipper, [Dsus2] [E][Dsus2] Going up and [E] down, all a - [Dsus2] round the [E] bends, [Dsus2] You could have a [E] bumper [Dsus2] car [E] bumping, [Dsus2] This a - [E] musement [Dsus2] never [E] ends [Dsus2]
[Chorus open chords as much as possible - breath backwards for Ah - Bm and C on consecutive beats] I wanna be [C#m][D/F#] ...... [F#min7] your sledgehammer, [C#m][D/F#] Why don't you [F#min7] call my name? [C#m][D/F#]Ah! Oh, let me [F#min7]be your sledgehammer, [C#m][D/F#] This will [F#min7]be my testimony
xx[E]x [Dsus2]xxx xx[E]x [Dsus2]xxx Yeah! Yeah! xx[E]x [Dsus2]xxx [E](Drum fill to stop - strum D)
[Verse 3] [N.C.] Show me round your fruit [E] cage, [Dsus2] [E][Dsus2] 'Cause I will be [E] your [Dsus2] honey [E] bee, [Dsus2] Open up your [E] fruit cage, [Dsus2] [E][Dsus2] With a fruit [E] that is [Dsus2] sweet as can be [E][Dsus2]
[Chorus] I wanna be [C#m][D/F#] .. [F#min7] your sledgehammer, [C#m][D/F#]Why don't you [F#min7] call my name? [C#m][D/F#]Hah! You'd better [F#min7] call the sledgehammer, [C#m][D/F#] Put your [F#min7] mind at rest, I'm gonna be [C#m][D/F#][F#min7] your sledgehammer, [C#m][D/F#] This can [F#min7] be my testimony, [C#m][D/F#] Hah! I'm your.. [F#min7] . sledgehammer, [C#m][D/F#] Let there [F#min7] be no doubt about it
[Verse 4] [Em] I kicked the ha - [Dsus2] bit, (Kicked the ha - [Em] bit, kicked the ha - [Dsus2] bit!) [C] Shed my skin, [A] (Shed my [A7] skin!) [Em] This is the [Dsus2] new stuff, [Em] (This is the [Dsus2] new stuff!) I come.. [C] . dancing in, we go [A] dancing [A7] in
[Verse 5] Oh, won't you [Em] ...show for [Dsus2] me? [Em] (Show for [Dsus2] me!) I will [C] ...show for you, [A] (Show for [A7] you!) Please, [Em] ...show for [Dsus2] me, [Em] (Show for [Dsus2] me!) I will... [C] show for you! [A] Yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah! (bass drum + snare - 8 hits) [A7] Yeah, I do mean [Em] you, [Dsus2] only [Em] you, you've been [Dsus2] coming [C] through, A - gonna build that [A] power, [A7] build, build up that [Em] power, hah! I've been [Dsus2] feeding the [Em] rhythm, huh, I've been [Dsus2] feeding the [C] rhythm, Going to feel that [A] power, [A7] hey, build in [Em] you! Ahhhh!
[Coda] Come [Dsus2] on, come on, [Em] help me, do! Come [Dsus2] on, come on [C] help me, do! [A] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! [A7] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, [Em] you! I've been [Dsus2] feeding my [Em] rhythm, I've been [Dsus2] feeding my [C] rhythm, It's what we're [A] doing, doing. [A7] .. all day and [Em] night, Ah, come [Dsus2] on, come on, [Em] help me, do! Come [Dsus2] on, come on, [C] help me, do! [A] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! [A7] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, [Em] you!
[Intro Riff - BPM 98 - No drums (claps at end)] [E].............[A] [C#m][G#m][A][E][F#m][B][E]
E---------------------------------4---4---5--0----2---2--0-------- B-----99-9-------2----99-9--------5---4---5--0----2---4--0-------- G-----99-9-------2----99-9--------6---4---6--1----2---4--1-------- D-2---99-9-------2----99-9--------6---6---7--2----4---4--2-------- A-2---77-7-----240----77-7--------4---6---7--2----4---2--2-------- E-0----------34------------245-578----4---5--0----2------0-------- DrB---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S--- (power chord for first E maj - use 2nd and 4th finger for 24 and 023 runs so can hold A chord down whilst doing so)
[Drums in - Vocal Intro - Start notes B to E] Uh- [E] huh [B/D][C#m] huh [B] huh [A] huh [A/G#][F#m] Let me [B] tell ya now [C#m] Uh-huh [G#m] Uh-huh [A] uh-huh [E] uh-huh [F#m] ooh o [B] oh o [E] oh
[Verse 1 - Start note is open B string - Just bass drum] [E] When I had you to myself I [A] didn't want you around Those [C#m] pretty [G#m] faces [A] always [E] made you [F#m] stand out [B] in a [E] crowd But [E] someone picked you from the bunch One [A] glance was all it took [C#m] Now it's [G#m] much too [A] late for [E] me to [F#m] take a [B] second [E] look
[Chorus - Drums in] [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] give me [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] ( [F#m] show you that I [B] love you) [C#m] Won't [G#m] you [A] please [E] let [F#m] me [B] (b [E] ack in your heart) [E] Oh [B/D] darlin' [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you g [A/G#] o ( [F#m] let you go [B] baby) But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back)
[E] (Full - drums with extra snare on I want you back) Yes I do now (I want you back) Ooh ooh baby (I want you back) Ya ya ya ya (I want you back) Na na na na
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] [E] Tryin' to live without your love Is [A] one long sleepless night [C#m] Let me [G#m] show you girl [A][E] That [F#m] I know [B] wrong from [E] right [E] Every street you walk on I [A] leave tearstains on the ground [C#m] Follo [G#m] wing the [A] girl [E] I didn't [F#m] even [B] want a [E] round, let me tell you now
[Chorus - Full drums] [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] all I [B] need is [A] one more [A/G#] chance [F#m] (show you that I [B] love you) [C#m] Won't [G#m] you [A] please [E] let [F#m] me [B][E] (back in your heart) [E] Oh [B/D] darlin' [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you g [A/G#] o ( [F#m] let you go [B] baby) But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back) (Drums stop)
[E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh [E] [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I want [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I need [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I want [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I need
(full drums) [E][B/D] Oh [C#m] just [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] To [F#m] show you that I [B] love you [C#m] Baby ( [G#m] baby) [A] baby ( [E] baby) [F#m] baby ( [B] baby) [E] (I want you back)
(just bass drum) [E] Forget what happened then (I want you back) [E] Let me live again
(full drums) [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you [A/G#] go [F#m][B] But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back)
(just bass drum) [E] Spare me of this cause [E] Gimme back what I lost
(full drums) [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] I need [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] ha, I [F#m] tell ya that I [B] love you [C#m] Baby [G#m] (ah) [A] baby ( [E] ah) [F#m] baby ( [B] ah) [E] (I want you back) [End]
